09-17-2009 09:09 PM
Here's the scenario:
Clicked reply within an existing thread to the last post.
The message window came up and I started typing text.
The message window refreshed, as it does occasionally and is annoying.
There was a typo due to the refresh dropping some letter.
I hit the "Backspace" key to erase the unwanted characters.
The message dissappeared and it took me to the first page of a 3 page thread.
I was not expecting that behavior.
R
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09-17-2009 10:39 PM
That's happening to me since long months ago. You had the guts to post it JLV.
New probem in composer (I don't know whether somebody reported it anywhere):
Inside the composer box, if the cursor is at last line and if we press down arrow key the cursor moves outside the composer box.
Well, in the opposite way, if the cursor is at the very first line and if you press up arrow key, the cursor starts moving to toolbar above the composer box, then to subject line and get moved up and up......
Or this is the intentional behavior? I didn't see this behavior in any other composer box like yahoomail, gmail...... Correct me if i am wrong
09-17-2009 10:49 PM - edited 09-17-2009 10:52 PM
I've seen this happen quite a bit. Basically the page takes too long to load. Normally if you start typing even if it hasn't completely loaded, it will take your characters and fill them in once you get caught up. I'm someone who definitely does not look at the keyboard while typing, and I don't necessarily need to look at the screen either. Even if I haven't seen what I've typed, I'll know if I mistyped something and will instinctively go to Backspace to clear the character and retype. Do this at the wrong time while the page is still loading and that backspace gets interpreted by the browser as Go Back rather than the editor portion as backspace.
Since I usually open threads by right clicking the number in the New column and open in new window, it takes me to the first of the unread messages. But since I've already seen all the messages (I was just in the thread read them and wanted to reply to one), there are no new messages and the Go Back which takes it to the thread &jump=true, automatically takes it back to the first message since there is no new message to jump to.
Very annoying, and the only way to get around it is to either get the browser to load the page quicker, or try to be patient and be sure it completely loads before you type and hit a backspace.
As a side note, I've noticed in recent months that my home Verizon DSL connection has been dropping pages where it takes longer to load, or eventually times out and doesn't load the page (with other websites besides NI as well), and I'm forced to reload to get the page. Sometimes it loses it in the middle of the page where you basically see everything but the progress bar at the bottom is stalled loading something else. Has anyone else who may be using Verizon DSL noticed this a more of a problem in recent months? I don't notice very often at my work PC, so I'm thinking that the Verizon portion of the network is just not doing its job correctly in getting the packets across.
09-18-2009 12:57 AM
09-18-2009 07:27 AM
Ravens Fan wrote:I've seen this happen quite a bit. Basically the page takes too long to load. Normally if you start typing even if it hasn't completely loaded, it will take your characters and fill them in once you get caught up. I'm someone who definitely does not look at the keyboard while typing, and I don't necessarily need to look at the screen either. Even if I haven't seen what I've typed, I'll know if I mistyped something and will instinctively go to Backspace to clear the character and retype. Do this at the wrong time while the page is still loading and that backspace gets interpreted by the browser as Go Back rather than the editor portion as backspace.
This is exactly how it happens. The slow loading page is REALLY annoying.
The page loading speed is inconsistent.
09-18-2009 09:10 AM - edited 09-18-2009 09:11 AM
Mathan wrote:New probem in composer (I don't know whether somebody reported it anywhere):
Don't get us started with the message composer.
P.S. The smiley-mad is aimed at the composer, not you.
09-18-2009 12:12 PM
Am I reading that a few people (who are major contributors to this forum) are not happy with the present message composer?
(I thought I was the only one)
09-18-2009 12:56 PM
I've learned to live with it for the most part, but I thought the old editor was better.
09-18-2009 01:06 PM
Ray.R wrote:Am I reading that a few people (who are major contributors to this forum) are not happy with the present message composer?
(I thought I was the only one)
There have been numerous complaints about the new and "improved" editor. Most were posted in the several threads that talked about the upgrades to the forum. I don't find that much improvement with it at all. The space deletion at the end of a line that it does is so maddeningly frustrating and Lithium has yet to fix it. And the reformatting it does when you switch back and forth between HTML-editing and "graphical"-editing is bizarre and completely unpredictable. And yes, I'm using the correct HTML tags, Lithium.
I think the new editor was a case of a lot of bling, but no bang.
09-18-2009 02:52 PM
I had been away from the forum for almost 6 months when they did this upgrade. I popped in & out casually, but did not post much.
I think I do remember when the change was made and probably posted a complaint about it.
I really miss the old editor, which to my opinion was far better than this one.
With impared vision, I have to look at the keyboard when typing, so I do not notice when the bloody browser refreshes the window, so it often screws up my initial sentence. Going back to the first page was a bit surprising for me, thus this thread.
I wonder if Laura would ever consider getting Lithium to go back to the good old editor. 🙂 Maybe we should start a poll..